We have finally arrived! It’s year two of the revamped College Football Playoff, and the committee almost aligned with my personal picks again. We were just one team apart, so I’m pretty happy with that. The top 4 seeds got byes, while the other 8 participants played for the right to face them. In the…
Just when we all started getting in the holiday spirit, things started happening and shook us. A team we have grown accustomed to seeing in February has been eliminated in December. Multiple stars went down with serious injuries. Normally elite K Brandon Aubrey missed not once, but TWICE. Fortunately, plenty of good things happened to…
One team’s misfortune can be another team’s triumph. Cincinnati and Buffalo played a thrilling shootout in the snow, but only the Bills have a realistic shot at the playoffs as a result. Chicago and Baltimore had agonizing finishes to their games, but Pittsburgh and Green Bay relished taking over first place in their respective divisions….
We’ve finally made it! All the games (except bowls) have been played, we know the conference champions, and we’re about ready to find out who made the CFP. Before the committee releases the official results, I wanted to share who I thought should be in and the order in which they should be ranked. I…
Welcome to the conference championships! For most of these teams, this is the big goal. A select few have CFP dreams. I’ll be covering each of the 9 FBS title games (no Pac-12 once again*), so expect a long article. Therefore, I’m not going to do specific CFP and draft sections here. I’m writing a…
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Some fanbases are really thankful, like those of the league-leading Patriots. Others, such as fans of the Titans, are trying to find something to celebrate this holiday. Some miracles are also taking place. Chicago owns the #1 seed in the NFC, Carolina is above .500 13 games in, and the Chiefs are…
Welcome to rivalry week, where familiarity and contempt can breed unusual results. Poor UMass ended up being the only 0-12 team, while Ohio State and Indiana are the lone remaining unbeatens. We’ll talk through actual game flows here but more about implications. No draft nugget this week during crunch time (there will be plenty of…
As always in the NFL, expect the unexpected. Who really had the Giants taking Detroit to OT? If I told you that Niners QB Brock Purdy threw 3 first-half INTs, you wouldn’t believe me if I told you that they on comfortably. But they did. Some things continued to reaffirm themselves. Seahawks WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba…
Just two weeks remain in the regular season, and only two ranked-vs.-ranked matchups took place. Both were pretty much chalk. (8) Oklahoma’s defense smothered (22) Missouri, while (7) Oregon ran away from (15) USC in the second half. That doesn’t mean we had a calm week. (9) Notre Dame embarrassed Syracuse 70-7, and UAB suffered…
Several things happened this week that would be odd in general but not in 2025. For instance, Chicago won yet another walk-off game to move to 7-3. QB Davis Mills led the Texans back to .500 with a second consecutive comeback. The Jaguars obliterated the Chargers after collapsing against those same Texans. As these teams…